killer

Definitions of killer
  1. noun
    someone who causes the death of a person or animal
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    beul, scherprechter
    an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant
    worger, wurger, wurgmoordenaar
    someone who kills by strangling
    liquidateur, liquidator, moordenaar
    a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
    gifmenger
    someone who kills with poison
    suïcidant, suïcide, zelfdoding, zelfmoord, zelfmoordenaar, zelfvernietiging
    a person who kills himself intentionally
    sluipmoordenaar
    a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
    huurmoordenaar, terrorist
    a professional killer who uses a gun
    beul, scherprechter
    an executioner who hangs the condemned person
    dorpshoofd
    an executioner who beheads the condemned person
    tornmesje
    a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife
    type of:
    eenling, enkeling, figuur, individu, mens, particulier, persoon, zelfstandige
    a human being
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